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Do remasters really sound better than the originals? Do you hear a difference? Is it worth running out and buying them if you already own them or it would be cheaper just to get the original? | |
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I can't stand un-remastered classics on CD. Tinny sound quality, no bonus tracks, and no liner notes/photos. | |
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squiddyren said: I can't stand un-remastered classics on CD.
Here buzz-speak and practical application collide. In actuality, all CDs created from analogue sources are technically digitally remastered. The process of creating a digital transfer of an analogue tape re-masters the material in the digital domain, even if nothing "special"--no equalization, compression, or other processing--is done to the material. | |
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When new "remastered" editions arrive in the market, I often find the original issue CDs at the used store.  | |
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heartbeatocean said: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remaster
Do remasters really sound better than the originals? Do you hear a difference? Is it worth running out and buying them if you already own them or it would be cheaper just to get the original? if i really love the artist, i'll pay the extra dough. i usually get them for the extra tracks, the boosted up liner notes, stuff like that. the only remaster where i was truly floored by the improved sound quality was the 30th anniversary reissue of 'ziggy stardust'. it sounds amazing! but i'm usually happy with what i get when i pay for a deluxe remaster jobby. the cure remasters series have been really really nice, and if it weren't for the bowie remaster series by rykodisc back in the day, i might not have turned on to bowie's back catalog as deeply as i did. | |
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I think they often sound A LOT better than the first CD releases of old vinyl albums, but not neccessarily better than the original vinyl versions. I don't know why but many of those first CD re-releases sound horrible. Listen to those WB Prince albums. | |
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calldapplwondery83 said: I think they often sound A LOT better than the first CD releases of old vinyl albums, but not neccessarily better than the original vinyl versions. I don't know why but many of those first CD re-releases sound horrible. Listen to those WB Prince albums.
The first CD era found record companies using whatever tapes they had lying around to create their CDs, with frequently underwhelming results. An nth-generation tape equalized for vinyl frequency response might be deemed perfectly acceptable by a record company, and (importantly) might be much easier to locate than the "original" source master. Additionally, the first CD era found digital technology in its infancy, which also aided often poor sounding digital transfers marked by dropouts, underutilization of Signal-To-Noise Ratio, etc. [Edited 8/26/06 12:09pm] | |
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We just tested out Charlotte Sometimes by the Cure...as we were listening to the re-issues. I was like "is this the remaster...it's sounds so murky". I was told that it was the remaster but the equipment org used to record was crappy. We did a side by side test on my cd turntables. The was indeed a Volume Boost and more clarity.
Most reissues do a volume boost. Depending on the raw material and what state it's in and format etc, will determine what they can do to a remaster. Sometimes the remaster is quite differnt as the orig recording was done properly and they can clean up and enhance certain parts without effecting the other parts. Maybe bring up pieces that were buried in a 16 track and they at the time had more than 16 things going on and the sound got lost in the multi layering....but when they get to the remaster, that "part" was kept intact in it's seperate form. That's when you get some really good stuff that was there but is now enhanced and maybe the song is as it was originally intended. Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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I think "volume boost" is actually applying the "Signal-To-Noise Ratio". | |
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Also I think this can help explain why vinyl sounds great, because those copies came from original-generation masters. | |
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sounds grand, but I can't afford them  | |
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heartbeatocean said: Do remasters really sound better than the originals? Do you hear a difference? Is it worth running out and buying them if you already own them or it would be cheaper just to get the original?
I always buy remasters.Not just for the improved sound quality...I also enjoy the new liner notes,bonus tracks,rare photos,etc. | |
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